1. Colin Ivor Moulding was born on 17 August 1955 and is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the core members of the rock band XTC.
15 Facts About Colin Moulding
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Colin Moulding is self-taught as a bass player; he was learning rock riffs at the age of 15.
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Colin Moulding cites Andy Fraser of Free as an early musical influence, and has stated a preference for an intuitive approach to writing and playing rather than study.
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When writing songs Colin Moulding has used guitars and keyboards rather than the bass guitar.
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Outside his work with XTC, Colin Moulding released a non-charting solo single in 1980 under the pseudonym "The Colonel".
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In 1986, David Gilmour approached Colin Moulding over becoming Pink Floyd's new bass player following Roger Waters' departure.
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Colin Moulding turned it down as XTC were in the midst of recording Skylarking.
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Colin Moulding later played bass and co-produced one track on the 1994 Sam Phillips album Martinis and Bikinis, and in 2005, he contributed to Billy Sherwood's Pink Floyd tribute album Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, playing bass and singing lead vocal on "Brain Damage".
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In 1995, Colin Moulding contributed bass on several tracks of French band L'Affaire Louis' Trio's album L'Homme aux mille vies.
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In February 2007, Andy Partridge told music website Pitchfork Media that Colin Moulding was "not interested in music any more, and doesn't want to write".
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Colin Moulding concurred in having a recent loss of interest in music.
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Colin Moulding made vocal contributions to a Billy Sherwood progressive rock album, combining with Rick Wakeman on "Check Point Karma".
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Colin Moulding performed a lead vocal for the song "The Man Who Died Two Times" from the album In Extremis by the progressive rock band Days Between Stations and appears in the video for the song, released in June 2014.
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Colin Moulding played bass on "High Noon", a track on Anton Barbeau's 2016 release Magic Act, and contributed vocals to the title track of Little World, a 2016 collaboration between Barbeau and Sacramento singer Allyson Seconds.
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Colin Moulding appeared in both the "High Noon" and "Little World" videos.